Shawn Adamsson

Book 30. Another gut-punch of a book from @sgj.bsky.social. Some of this imagery will stick with me a while.

Never heard of the guy before now, and judging by the Goodreads review count, it looks like he's escaped most people's attention.

From Lula’s victory speech. Hard to argue. 🇧🇷 “We had to overcome foreign interference through digital platforms, which we will have to regulate. We cannot have monstrously large corporations earning millions and billions, paying no taxes to this country and trying to steer our election results.”

"The merging of tech and MAGA networks created a frenzy of open political corruption unlike anything in American history." @thewalrus.ca published The Nerd Reich's introduction, which charts tech fascism's rise to power under Trump/Thiel. paywall-free thewalrus.ca/billionaire-...

My unpopular opinion (at least in terms of people's choices) is that staying on Meta is even worse than staying on Twitter, which is also pretty damn bad.

There was a fucking hole in our planet’s *atmosphere* Like a legit, no joke, “this will unravel our entire ecosystem” hole in the world, and then we fixed it by working together across national and political lines As a species we decided, “we will survive” Let’s do that some more

Vegetarian and vegan food

Should be installed in every new car.

Absolutely not. Humans evolved to live on Earth and there’s no other place that has the right amount of everything we need, like climate, liquid water, mix of oxygen and non-toxic gases in the atmosphere, magnetic field, gravity, puppies, kittens, etc.

I like when Bond casting PR rhetoric eventually gets to the “we’re trying something different this time” phase and then shortly after we learn it comes down to a handful of unsalted triscuits

Almost finished this one. After reading Nerd Reich, Cyberselfish, Careless People, Merchants of Doubt, and The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI, I'm more than a little concerned about where we are and what's next.

No, I'm not going to take it down even though it's misleading and fake. Because it's a lesson for all of us. And the numbers are really good.

I know the thing I posted was misleading and fake, but it got me a lot of attention, which made me feel good, while you pointing out it's fake made me feel not good. So really, aren't you the villain here?

Be evil.

If you live in Canada and want to help with public health data collection, sign up to be a flu watcher: public.cnphi-rcrsp.ca/fluWatcher/r... It takes about 30 seconds every week and you’re contributing to better public health data in the country.

When voter turnout is low it means a small group of people ends up making decisions for everyone. Ensure you vote and also ask friends to vote as well. If you have a preferred candidate, tell your friends 1/2 reasons why that candidate is getting your vote. Your City Your Future Your Vote #ldnont

I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury

#ldnont #londonontarioelection

I so wanna do this. youtu.be/xtGfmmFQgTM?...

The trade in credit default swaps is surging as investors seek protection in the event the AI boom unravels. The insurance-like derivatives, which pay out if a company defaults on its debt, last rose to prominence during the 2008 financial crisis. Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/VAF717U

Eva Roytburg with an interesting update on AI economics. Looks like this might not be the full-on bubble burst yet, but at least a farewell to the notion of continuous exponential growth.

Simply wonderful.

There are so many professional and political angles from which getting off Instagram is the right thing to do. My career is better without Meta. But the best reason for me was...It's also just great for your mental and social health.

This is for you jerks who think cats are all aloof and don't love their family. art by Herta Burbe

It’s a beautiful fall day. Perfect for a long walk, a couple of fresh (to me) reads, and a little …

Chrystia Freeland: "Your government is siding with Vladimir Putin, who is a bloodthirsty dictator and war criminal. This is not a time for us to be divided. And it's certainly not a time for America to be on the side of the bad guys, which I'm sorry to say, you are right now."

… a not insignificant part of the year …

I see we're having a debate about whether it's okay to go back to "X," the site owned by a trillionaire fascist who is currently bankrolling the GOP's midterm, throttled Ukraine's war effort, and still winkingly allows vast amounts of CSAM on his service Answer: No, what the fuck is wrong with you

“This imaging platform, named ICEYE-X36, is part of a fleet of satellites providing all-weather overhead radar images to the US military and European governments. ICEYE also provides imagery to Ukraine’s military in its fight against Russia.” arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...

Fur babies.

@clarionwest.bsky.social Might be worth having a chat with your WordPress person about installing a focal-point plugin so that your social images focus on people’s faces. wordpress.org/plugins/medi...

Social media creates a funhouse mirror that distorts public opinion I have a new article explaining how social media amplifies extreme voices, fuels moral outrage, and makes us think other people are far more hostile and polarized than they really are. issues.org/social-media...

No evidence strikes knocked social media manipulation offline. Some malicious automation simply migrated to other servers. People are now citing *this* as proof that the Russian trolls disappeared. 🤷🏻‍♀️ HT @andyjabbour.bsky.social

Cloudflare has now published a detailed analysis of the Yandex outage. They looked at search crawlers, malicious automation, AND social media traffic. Their finding… blog.cloudflare.com/yandex-outage/

I don't think most Americans understand yet what a global laggard the USA is turning into here. Media instead told us that electric vehicles were a fad that didn't work.

New “move” record tomorrow.

I wrote about this whole silly saga. Using AI for 10 minutes probably has little/no impact on your cognition, despite the viral online claims. gidmk.substack.com/p/does-using...

You're still on Instagram, aren't you.

Every movie, song, and book that you love was made without the technology that people who don’t make art are now insisting is necessary for making art.